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Vol. 004 Issue 004 (February 1 1971)
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Editorial I
Nathan, George
Editorial I The Mightiest Itch of All The scene is the hallowed chambers of the United States Senate and, in a nation fraught with turmoil and distrust, that august body is deliberating the...
The Continuing Crisis
The Continuing Crisis Senator Edward (Teddy) Kennedy again made headlines, this time for being beaten by Senator Robert Byrd in an attempt to maintain his position as the Senate's assistant...
Radical Chic And The New Left
Krieger, Terry
THE ALTERNATIVE February, 1971 Radical Chic And The New Left Terry Krieger Cambridge, Massachusetts-In the 14 December issue of Newsweek, Stewart Alsop pronounces radical chic "dead." It passed...
The Decency of E.M. Forster
Owen, Kent
Arts and Letters The Decency of E.M. Forster Kent Owen My maternal grandfather used to look up from the obituaries to observe to no one in particular, "I see that a number of great men have died...
College Entrance Exam, 1975 Vintage
Kristol, Elizabeth
College Entrance Form- 1975 Vintage What follows is a model college entrance form secured for us by Miss Elizabeth Kristol, a student of Third Century Cabala at Nightingale-Bamford School in New...
Reflections on Mr. Nixon
Moynihan, Daniel P.
Reflections on Mr. Nixon Daniel P. Moyniban Counsellor To The President Before returning to Harvard, Daniel Patrick Moynihan greeted his White House colleagues in the East Room and bid them adieu...
Russell Kirk of Peity Hill
McDonald, W. Wesley
A Bohemian Toiy Reconsidered Russell Kirk Of Piety Hill W. Wesley McDonald After the deaths of Paul Elmer More and Irving Babbitt, the themes of reflective, philosphical conservative thought...
The Sad State of the Movies
Allison, Wick
Cinema The Sad State of the Movies Wick Allison The rumor has been confirmed by the Washington Post: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which has been suffering lately from a case of advanced senility, may...
Abraham Lincoln--the Relevance Lingers
Berns, Laurence
Cover Story Abraham Lincoln - the Relevance Lingers Laurence Berns It is almost irreverent to ask: Why celebrate Abraham Lincoln? Why celebrate the birthday of the only other man deemed, almost...
Great Moments in the Ninety-First Congress, Part I
Plunkitt, George Washington
GREAT MOMENTS IN THE NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS Part I "Tributes to Spessard L. Holland" as compiled by George Washington Plunkitt In this issue's first editorial, Dr. George Nathan has cogently...
The Political Wastrels
Moscow, John
The Political Wastrels John Moscow At the time of Eugene McCarthy's fling into national politics many people thought that they were viewing the birth of a new political phenomenon, a portend of...
The Jewish Mystique
Kogan, Michael
The Importance of Being Jewish The Jewish Mystique By Ernest van den Haag Stein and Day, $5.95 Like most Jews, I love to read-like most everyone, I love to read about myself. This double passion...
Conversations With Americans
McCollum, Michael
It Was the Devil in Me Conversations with Americans By Mark Lane Simon and Schuster, $6.95 The reading of Mark Lane's latest expose has left me so overwhelmed with its perversion that it all...
The Bootblack Stand: Letters to Plunkitt from Senator Stevenson and Charles Manson
The Bootblack Stand Dr. George Washington Plunkitt, our prize-winning political analyst, has just completed a penetrating study of the last Congolese election. Published in August, it focuses on...
Correspondence: from Nathan Pusey, Elizabeth Taylor, J. Scully, Anonymous and Eldon Campbell
CORRESPONDENCE To the Editor: We are not interested in receiving a free subscription to The Alternative. Please remove the College name from your list. Sincerely, Elizabeth L....
Editorial II
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
Editorial II When Certitudes turn to Platitudes Last month my distinguished colleague, Mr. Nathan, edified us with one of his typically dispassionate and measured editorials, this time on the...
Brayings from the Left
Jackasses, Assorted
Brayings from the Left "Whom the gods destroy they first make mad." -Euripedes HERBERT MARCUSE You can't take this man (Spiro T. Agnew) seriously. He hasn't read my books. He knows nothing. NEW...
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